Replace Lieberman with Ned Lamont

Before finishing the job in Afghanistan, the administration chose to divert attention to Iraq by misrepresenting and indeed deliberately falsifying the threat posed by Iraq.

Each justification cited for a pre-emptive war has been found to be without basis. There were no weapons of mass destruction, no ties to al-Qaida and no base of terrorism within Iraq prior to the invasion.

In short, Iraq constituted no viable threat to the United States.

Instead, the invasion amplified the threat of terrorism far beyond what it was before the intervention, serving to destabilize the entire region as well as turn the great majority of world opinion against the United States.

The cost in human lives, as well as treasure, has been disastrous beyond measure. Yet we are told by the war supporters (one of the strongest being Joe Lieberman) that having made a mistake, the only course is to continue the folly, sacrificing more lives and treasure before correcting it with a new direction.

This is not "cut and run" but bringing intelligence and sanity to the debate.

Lieberman's support for the Bush administration's misadventure is reason enough to deny him re-election.

However, his embrace of other Bush policies, earning him the title of "Republicans' Favorite Democrat," gives added justification to replace him with a true progressive.

In Ned Lamont, we have such an individual. Let's return intelligence and reason to Washington, voting for Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary election on Aug. 8, as well as in the general election in November.